Browsing by Subject "Cryptococcosis"

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    • Cryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) Meningoencephalitis Acquired in Santa Cruz, Bolivia 
      Thompson, Luis; Porte, Lorena; Díaz, Violeta; Díaz Jarabran, María Cristina; Solar, Sebastián; Valenzuela, Pablo; Norley, Nicole; Pires, Yumai; Carreño, Fernando; Valenzuela, Sergio; Shabani, Rukmane; Rickerts, Volker; Weitzel, Thomas Fritz (MDPI, 2021)
      We describe a case of chronic meningoencephalitis with hydrocephalus caused by Cryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) in an immunocompetent patient from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This first report of a member of the Cryptococcus ...
    • Differential antifungal activity of human and cryptococcal melanins with structural discrepancies 
      Correa, Néstor; Covarrubias Gallardo, Cristián; Rodas, Paula I.; Hermosilla Díaz, Germán; Olate, Veronica R.; Valdes, Cristian; Meyer, Wieland; Magne, Fabien; Tapia, Cecilia V. (Frontiers Media SA, 2017)
      Melanin is a pigment found in all biological kingdoms, and plays a key role in protection against ultraviolet radiation, oxidizing agents, and ionizing radiation damage. Melanin exerts an antimicrobial activity against ...
    • Linfadenitis canina producida por Cryptococcus neoformans. Primer caso en Chile 
      Thomson, Pamela; Miranda, Gabriel; Silva, Víctor (Asociación Española de Micología, 2006)
      We report the first case of canine lymphoadenomegalia caused by Cryptococcus neoformans in Chile. Physical examination of a Rottweiler dog patient showed a generalized lymphoadenomegalia that affected the submandibular, ...
    • The status of cryptococcosis in latin America 
      Firacative, Carolina; Lizarazo, Jairo; Illnait-Zaragozí, María Teresa; Castañeda, Elizabeth; Arechavala, Alicia; Córdoba, Susana; Mazza, Mariana; Taverna, Con Stanza; Isla, Guillermina; Chiapello, Laura; Vergara, Mario León Silva; Melhem, Marcia S.C.; Szeszs, Maria W (Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, 2018)
      © 2018, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved. Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal infection caused by the encapsulated yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, acquired from the environment. In Latin ...